Sheet-metal roof-gutter.



No. 827,456. .PATENTE-JULY s1, .1996..y

- E'. LOB`PPLER& G. L. HAZEL.v

a sHEBz-.M-BTA'L ROOF GUTTER.

uPLioATIoN FILED JULY 10.1905.

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farm-,456.' f ,Appiicmbntiea my 1o, 1905; serihNa26a94al I ""scription reference'being had; to' the accom-` pany lng drawingsy .f 1 [l0 y `metallic v'roof-gutter made in sections which maybe easily secured uponlqa roof and Vto fea-ch other Vtoforrn a-'gutter .which willhavef thelnecessary Vpitchroiny endto end;l but will lie s at the"A same distance from the edge 1 of the roof: at all -points and-'will ornament rather i y .thangdisiiguretheroof;l f

` y;iquired:pitehvfrornend toend," andfin the com.; v bination with-lthe'g'utter of a connected moldi- 'ing-piece,fall of whichwill be hereinafter dener hereinafter ,describe'd,v innthe construcbe .connected to form agutterfhavin'gfthe re-y :pointed out 1 definitely in 'v the In"thed-raiii'ngsf,Figure'lisy a perspectiye View of the'lower partei aroofwhereon is i 3o securedagutte'r vcontaining `the present in-jy lfvention, FigjZQis aplan .View of the gutter i, Vshown in Figi-I;- Fig` Sisalsectionalfview in :the planeindicated b y line 13 3.ofFig.: I look? ring 1n thedirection'ofvthefarrow. Fig. 4 is a; perspectivejview of thelower end of one 'gut- 'ter-section.; -Fig. 5'isja'fperspectiveyiewl of the upper/end of anadjacentsection. Figp 6 ra lfront elevation of anadjacent 'partfof two guttefrsections,y showing the inanner in which they are connected. Fig.` .Tis ,a:sim 'i jlaryiewy toFig. ,6 except-that the lower part of saidview is sectioned tol show iniwhat vmanner the bottoms of the two sections'are '..Jconnected, andthe outwardly vextended" -llang'el .isalso sectioned to show howl one `n' flange passes beneathvthegvother when,two

f .gutter-sectionsare joined.-'..- l v The gutter lis composed "of a nurnber of similar sheetrnetal sections, -of which `two sections'AA. are shown in FigQlJ `Each section vhas/an linclined rear side. whose inclination corresponds withk the :inclination of the roof` upon whichit is tofbe-.secured `jEach y jgutteresectionhas also a vertical front side a y A i L yfyerticalfront side'andthe' inclined .rearjside and abottorn a?, which-"is intermediate of the Speci'cation'lof Letters Patent.' y I down portion c5.

substantial y-lat and is-of decreasing-width frernthe lefttothe right end, as shown,- of the `gutter,` 'and the jpitch of this bottom'is graduallyy downward frornfthe left to'l ythe right end. For conveniencethatlendof' the gutter-section'frorn which/the water flows be.; cause of the described 'construction'will be i i. Q called the upperl end, and the other endof e lobj'ect'of 'the inventionvis toproyidea 1 *l and is inte al with'both;v lThebottorn a? is Be it' known `that :we,q ERNST LOEEFLER and." GUY L5 HAZEL,l residingat Elyriayin the 2 county of Lorain` and `State 'ofk Ohio, ,have in- VentedV a'.V certainnew; and useulf Improve-- vvrnen't in SheetsMet'al Roof-Guttersf'of which f 'fthefollowng .isf a full;y clear,A yand exact de- A.

said gutter-section will be called the lowerv yendfy The t'op edge tot the iT- erticalL"fronty -side Swhen the gutter is secured u on-'the roo'is substantially horizontal, an consequentlyl thesarne distance abovethe roof, andzsaid .front side is 'ina Vertical plane Aarallelwith to the Idescribed constructionfviz., that this ront'side is of increasing widthvfromthe upper to the lower end of'the gutter-section,

. i y the-front edge. of the 'roof'7 which acts are due Theinyention consists of val gutter-section :formed by bending afinetalvsheetin the man# l tion yoff the gutter-section swhereby they-may the ,lower edge offsaid `sidei-beingfofzdecreasl ing' distance above the j roof. -edge of kthis Vertical front sideis a portion a4, whichy is turnedI out" into horizontal position, and .the outer ,part of this. portionis turned .down in Vertical position; as fat. ai., 4 and the extreme edge lis bent upwardand rearward at an angle, as at as;

, .C re resents ashe'et-Inetal rnolding having an inc ined'ront portion'c, which is intended 5 to be secureduponithe roof vbelow the guttersection-f-Integral with and extended 'up from thisinclined portiony c is'an .upright por;- `tion .0, which may-be bent ,into any orna- On the' upper.

mental, comi'guration. The upper ed e c? of this upright portion is bent outward 'ori- ,zontal ly, as at c, and the extreme edge c4 of l'this horizontal portion is bent downward, as

shown. The parts czand cagare ofsuch width d that they iitinthespace formed by bending.

the upper edge of the i'ront'sde of the guttersection in the manner described; The lower edge c5 of thismolding-section'isbent down so as toV engage with' thefedge ofthe roofboard,' and the nails which fasten this4 section to the vvroof preferably go Vthrough this bentton, and then the'gut'ter is .swung down to brin its inclined side. down upon the roofto whic itis secured.` 'Theiupright parts'of describedlgutter to a roof` themoldingv part may be irst secured to the edge of theiront side of the gutterportion'iscaused to :interlock in' the `rnanner shown molding-section and the bent-over top edgeof the gutter-section. j

As first stated, a gutter may be composed ofseveral sections, if necessary. The lower 'fend of one gutter-section corresponds in dimensions with the up er end of the neXt gutter-section. The lower end of the guttersection, or rather of the two sides and the bottom of said gutter-section, are slitted at the connecting-bends, and the tongues so formed are fan-folded under to form the lap- -joint,such as shown in Fig. 4. The upper raw edge of the next section is then slipped into the described folds, as shown in Figs. 3, 6, and 7. The portions@5 and a6 and the edge of the horizontal'portion a4 are cut away so as topermit the parts a4 at the upper end of the lower Section toslip under the correspending part of the upper section and to permit the ends of the portions 0,5 and a to substantially abut, as s hown in Fig. 1.

When water flows down a gutter formed of the sections connected as above described, such water flows over the described joint and has no tendency to flow intosaid 'oint between said sections. `It is thought t at even if the joint of these gutter-sectionswere not closed by soldering no water would be likely toow through this joint onto the roof to which the gutter is secured.

Havin described our invention, we claim- 1. A s eet-metal roof-gutter section having an inclined rear side a, a bottom a2 which inclines downward and is of decreasing width from the upper to the lower end of the guttersection, anda vertical front side which is of increasing width measured from top to bot- -tom,'from the upper to the lower end of the Vgutter-section and whose top edge is horizonatleast two gutter-sections A A which are alike in that each has a rearwardly-inclined rear side a, a bottom a2 which inclines downward and is of decreasing width from the upper to the lower end of the gutter-section, and a vertical .front side a which is oi increasin height from the upper to the lower end of t e gutter-section, and whose top edge is horizontal and is bent outward to form the ange c4, then downward to form the portion a5, and then .upward and rearward at an inclination to form the portion c, the upper section A having the lower edge of its parts a, a', a2 fan-folded under, thereby forming grooves which receive the upper ends of the correspondin parts of the next lower section A', said lower section having the outer upper corner of its flange a4 and the adjacent ends of the parts a5, a, cut away, combined with molding-sections having an inclined lower portion and a substantially upright portion whose upper edge is bent outward and then downward and is caused to interlock with the bent upper edges of the front sides of the gutter-sections.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aHiX our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

ERNST LOEFFLER. GUY L. HAZELJ Witnesses:

GEO. R. ALLEN, W. S. GRIswoEL. 

